A Little Princess

I can't believe that it has taken me this long to read A Little Princess! I was first introduced to it in the form of the Shirley Temple version of the movie and later with the version that was directed by Alfonso Cuaron. And yet, for reason I had yet to read it by the time I graduated high school. I have to say that while I have love aspects of both movies, neither of them compares to the book. I stayed up late every night for a week to finish this book (I didn't want to put it down but I needed to sleep).
This book is about a little girl named Sara Crewe and her life at Miss Minchin's Seminary for Young Ladies. Because Sara's father is rich, she is allowed a much more extravagant life then the other students; she had beautiful clothes, dolls with entire collections of clothes and expensive furs, and most important of all a very gifted imagination; however, none of these things go to Sara’s head, she is a very kind and caring girl. It is her imagination that first draws Miss Minchin's censure. She dislikes Sara because she believes that Sara is spoiled little girl (simply because her father has raised her as if she were a princess). When Miss Minchin receives word that Sara’s father has died and is penniless to boot she makes Sara into a servant for the other pupils to use. While Sara endures all kinds of indignities (many at the hands of Miss Minchin) she never gives up hope that her father is a live and will one day come for her.